List of World War II vessel types of the United States

This list includes submarines, battleships, minelayers, oilers, barges, pontoon rafts and other types of water craft, boats and ships.

It was a miscellaneous collection of luggers, rusty trawlers, old schooners, launches, ketches, yawls, and yachts.

Cargo from the ships is loaded by Transportation Corps port company personnel onto barges.

Then tugs, tow boats, or marine tractors propel the barges to the shore for unloading.

The small boat company provided regular coastal and island service to bases in the Aleutian and Pacific Islands to supply food and equipment transported by small coastal and inter-island vessels and water craft that were under 200 feet or under 1,000 gross tons of the following vessel types.

[25][26][27][28] (F, FT & FP were reclassified FS early in World War II) FS-80 to FS-90 were merchant vessels refitted for wartime operation[29] Built during World War II: Surviving examples include: Late in 1943 all rescue-boat activities were reassigned to the Army Air Forces.

It does needed work on docks and wharves in conjunction with engineer port construction and repair groups.

Its work is performed in conjunction with engineer port repair ship operations offshore.

[53][54][55][56][57][58] Surviving examples include: The Engineer Amphibian Brigade, redesignated in 1943 as Engineer Special Brigade provided personnel and equipment for transporting combat troops from a friendly near shore to a hostile far shore when the distance is not over 100 miles.

Their stream-crossing equipment included: The Heavy ponton battalion was attached to a corps in river-crossing operations to provide bridges and rafts capable of supporting heavier loads.